This is going to be huuuge...

Bruce Huxtable
It arrived?

Robert Podkoński
Yes, finally !!! Yesterday 😉

Łukasz Gliński
How big is that? 😮

Bruce Huxtable
You're going to need a bigger spray booth 😉

Erik Off
Cool Picture. Looks like a crashed spaceship on a far planet. 😉

Robert Podkoński
@Łukasz - it is 51 cm long in 1/144th scale and its horizontal stabiliser (that has the same span as the wings!) is ca 30 cm...
@Bruce - it looks like its subassemblies can be painted separately. My first impression is that the engineering of this kit top quality!
@Erik - awesome, isn't it? 😉

Simon Nagorsnik
you`ve got it?!
this vehicle fascinates me very much, it's so extraordinary!!
I'm excited and looking forward to seeing what you do with it!

Mark
👀
This is a must see build. I find Ekranoplans fascinating and enjoy your builds Robert. Yeah! 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Now I feel a bit intimidated and obliged and the same time... I promise to do my best, nevertheless, Mates. At least I found and decided on the paints that seem to be adequate...

John Hughes
Got one in my stash. I'll be watching this with interest!

Simon Nagorsnik
keep calm robert! good things take time.....😉

Maciej Bellos
The Caspian Sea Monster? Pretty big for 144...

Robert Podkoński
Just a word of explanation, Maciej: actually the nickname "Caspian Sea Monster" was first given to the earlier built, even bigger craft, coded KM (Korabl-Maket = Ship-Maquette) by the Soviets:
oldmachinepress.com/..caspian-sea-monster/
The hull of this KM was 97,4 m long! (In 1/144th scale = 67,6 cm)
I have created the WIP album - please, feel welcomed, Mates!
This is going to be huuuge... | Album by podkon (1:144)

Maciej Bellos
Oh, thanks! There was an artitle many-many years ago in Greece's most well informed magazine "Ptisi & Diastima" (Flight and Space).

Johan van Meerloo
big boat, big plane, big boatplane

Bruce Huxtable
I see a PE detailing set has just become available.... tempted, Robert?

Greg Baker
Oh, mama…

Robert Podkoński
It is already in quite an advanced stage of assembly, but somehow I lost my enthusiasm...

Johan van Meerloo
how big is it Robert

Robert Podkoński
Please take a look here, Johan:
This is going to be huuuge... | Album by podkon (1:144)

Johan van Meerloo
still strange wings and tail

Bruce Huxtable
Sounds like an understandable reaction, Robert. It can wait til you're ready. Enjoy the other side projects instead 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Thanks, Bruce! Surely I will 😉

Treehugger
Btw, there is now photo etch for this kit (announced I guess). I saw it the other day, from Microdesign. Looks like maybe a lot of jet engine parts, unsure:
Ekranoplan Lun - PE Detail S..icrodesign MD 144236, 1:144)

Robert Podkoński
Thanks for the info, Treehugger, much appreciated 🙂

John Hughes
I know the feeling Robert. Sometimes you get to a certain point in a build but can't seem to motivate yourself to go further. Give it time. One day you will suddenly wonder why you never finished it.

Robert Podkoński
Thanks, John... there are certain emotional reasons behind my loss of motivation.

Johan van Meerloo
I had the same working on a tempest but after I got some matching colours that I needed I found it back again

Treehugger
I've learned that if I am bored, then I am 100% willing to work on some tedious project, no matter how flawed the kit is. On the other hand, when I am not bored, always having something to do, my willingness to fiddle with fixes, sink marks and overly complicated stuff, plummets to new lows. 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Why would we need the TNKR GB if it never happenned? 😛
That's what the shelf of doom is needed in every man cave 😄
Take your time Robert, pick other stuff and surely you'll come back to it at some point in the future. 👍